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The group is demanding that the Massachusetts Senate candidate come clean about her heritage – a topic that has dominated media coverage of Warren’s bid again incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown ever since it was revealed that the Harvard law professor was previously listed as having ethnic minority status.

“You claim to be Cherokee. You forget, it isn’t who you claim, but instead, who claims you. We don’t claim you!” a banner splashed across the top of the group’s website reads. The group argues that Warren has made “false claims of Cherokee ancestry,” and that it is bothered by those who “fraudulently” claim Cherokee heritage.

David Cornsilk, a 53-year-old citizen of the Cherokee Nation who co-created the group, told POLITICO that after a thorough research of Warren’s background, he considers her alleged 1/32 Native American roots “impossible.”

“My mom called me David Crockett when I was little, because my name is David. That doesn’t mean I’m related to David Crockett,” Cornsilk said. “1/32 Cherokee means that her great-great-great grandparent would have been a full-blood and if you have someone who’s a full blood, that means that that person’s entire lineage from that point backward are full-blood. And it would be extremely difficult, and in my opinion impossible, to have not had some of those family members captured within that wide net of historic records.”

Cornsilk, who explained that members of the new group have no intention of getting involved in the politics of the highly anticipated Senate race in Massachusetts, said that if records from Harvard show that Warren’s false claims helped her get a job, the Democratic candidate would owe Cherokees a sincere apology.

“She has not stepped forward and said this was just a family story that got out of hand — and around the dinner table that’s fine, but once it reaches the realm of public scrutiny? All indications are is that something happened. There’s smoke. We haven’t seen the fire yet,” he said.

“Cherokees Demand Truth From Elizabeth Warren” also has a Facebook page — initially only visible to members who claimed Cherokee heritage — that has more than 350 members as of Wednesday afternoon.

Warren spokeswoman Alethea Harney said in an emailed statement that Warren is “proud of her family and her heritage, and it is something that her family talked about often when she was growing up” — the same statement that the campaign has been circulating for days — without addressing questions about the group “Cherokees Demand Truth From Elizabeth Warren.”

Even if she is 1/32 Cherokee, do you claim to be a minority? The fact that she did is all we need to know. She fabricated her resume for personal gain, for that she needs to come clean and apologize to the public.

Can you imagine the outcry from blacks if Elizabeth Warren had claimed to be 1/32 black, and it was proved false...but that she used it to get education and job preferences? Can you imagine the outcry from the NAACP? !!??!!

The black community ought to join this outcry against Warren's fraud against affirmative action.

My mom has always told me that I am part cherokee. Having gone to some family reunions I believe it. But do i know it for a fact? no. Why all this phony outrage? She's a smart women who has fought vigorously for a stronger America. Her opponent is an idiot nude model. I can't believe this story is still getting press.

P.S. Yes, If asked to list my heritage I would say I have Native American Heritage.

While not a conservative and generally in disagreement with them, this is a very valid point. That she would claim that such scanty evidence of such a mere shred of "minority" blood entitles her to claim minority status smacks of trying to game the system. It's plain dishonest. And now she's been caught at it and can't figure out how to effectively deal with it. Try dealing with it honestly, Elizabeth.

@toyotabedzrock: Actually, she has not been able to demonstrate that she is 1/32, so the comparison is foundationally unviable. The current Cherokee chairman is enrolled, and, as such, has the necessary documentation to legitimately claim his ancestry per the standards established by the tribe. Additionally, as an elected official, it stands to reason that he has been involved in tribal politics, tribal culture, and has managed to accrue a direct understanding of the current Cherokee populace. Had Mrs. Warren enjoyed expsoure to customs, ceremonies, and other culturallly defining practices, she would presumably have said so by now. The fallacious comparison you're parrotting only underlines the lack of understanding you have about the nuances involved in this issue.

@Eonblueapocalyspe: It's really great that your mother has informed you about the complexities of your heritage. However, it would be a breach of ethics and, potentially, illegal, for you to list yourself as an American Indian on federal forms, as it has all but been demonsrated that Mrs. Warren did on diversity compliance paperwork at Harvard, since you are not enrolled/recognized by a tribal community. Had the Professor simply spoken of her heritage in an informal environment, or as a means of reaching out to the Native community in Cambridge (which it seems she never did), the debate would be irrelevant. However, she has predicated her bid on advocating for the disenfranchised, and here she is conducting herself inappropriately vis-a-vis one of the most marginalized communities in the US. She claimed the mantle of minority in a professional context in the AALS directories when the implicit function of that opportunity is a byproduct of affirmative action ideals, and, deducively, it stands to reason that she allowed Harvard to advertise her as a "woman of color" (interesting, since she has not articulated her relationship with Cherokee culture, and has arguably enjoyed aesthetic white privilege) and checked the proverbial "box" on the school's federally mandated official diversity report.

I was reading thru the comments and saw one that was brought up before that Principle Chief Baker is only 1/32, The difference between what he claims and Elizabeth Warren claims is the simply fact that he is legit and she is not. He belongs to a growing number of tribes which has done away with minimum blood Quantums and relies on Direct Ancestry to establish citizenship. People who are well versed in tracing Cherokee Ancestry has looked at Elizabeth Warren's and with high certainty she is not nor is anyone of her family for many many generations! Unfounded claims of Heritage are common for Cherokees but when you use that to gain advantages in High Paying jobs and Perks well in my book that is the same as Stealing! By the way Chief Baker before he was elected as chief was a councilman in the Cherokee Nation so he has served his people for many years WHAT has ELIZABETH done for us except stolen Heritage!!!

I'm shocked, SHOCKED that a Libdem in Mass would be caught in a lie!! We all know that lying, cheating, outright thievery, consorting with prostitutes, and plundering white house interns is required to get ahead in the Democrat party. Drowning campaign workers is also a ticket to LibDem fame and fortune....... or at least it was.....